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Thrust and Parry
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
While considered a fencing term, "thrust" is an excellent allusion to one of my favorite DecisionPoint analysis tools. It was developed by Carl Swenlin as a component of one of the DecisionPoint timing models. It adds an extra dimension to straight trend analysis. What Carl found was that...
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Oversold Readings On Health Care ETF (XLV) PMO Analysis Chart
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
While clicking through the PMO Analysis ChartList in the DecisionPoint Market Indicators ChartPack, I noticed that the PMO Analysis chart for the Health Care ETF (XLV) showed oversold readings. Previous oversold bottoms have lined up pretty closely with past short-term price bottoms.
On a PMO Analysis chart, besides the PMO...
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NDX Double-Top Neckline Penetrated
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
When I reviewed the DP Chart Gallery today, one chart caught my eye. The daily bar chart for the NDX had a clear short-term double-top formation that executed today. While I have seen possible double-tops shaping up on the other indexes, this one stood out because the neckline had been...
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Top Five Things All DecisionPoint Subscribers Should Do NOW!
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
The DecisionPoint.com merge with StockCharts.com is coming along and we've gotten lots of important feedback from DP and SCC subscribers alike. As I've reviewed the mail that has been flowing into our Customer Support area, I decided I should write an article directed mainly...
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DecisionPoint Intraday ChartPack - A "Must-Have"
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
I use this ChartPack during every trading day. It is absolutely invaluable and a "must-have" for any of you who tend to find yourself glued to StockCharts when the market is open. The beauty of this ChartPack, it is only one ChartList, so for any of you that...
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Fed Fall Not Fatal - DP Chart Gallery Analysis
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Today saw a sell-off after the Fed announced that it would likely be raising interest rates sooner rather than later. Looking at the 10-minute bar chart below from the DP Intraday ChartPack, we see that while price dropped fairly far, it rebounded to make up almost half of the loss....
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DP ChartStyles Made Easy
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Having basically "grown up" using the DecisionPoint.com website charts, it was critical to me to create these ChartStyles on Stockcharts.com as soon as I could. If you really like these DP ChartStyles, you can copy them from this blog and I'll show you how...
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Don't Forget To Login!
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
The DecisionPoint.com Daily Blog on the old website is now using Stockcharts.com generated charts. Many subscribers to the Blog are clicking on the charts to open them in the SharpCharts Workbench which is fantastic! Unfortunately, when they get there, the workbench has limited features and time frames available....
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Climactic TRIN Reading
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
On a day with plenty of selling, you will often see a downward spike in the TRIN reading. Readings of over 2.0 are frequently followed by a price rebound the following day.
Indeed, many of these high readings actually precede price bottoms. It is most likely too early to...
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Nasdaq 100 Intermediate-Term Weakness
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
While the other major indexes in the DP Chart Gallery (SPX, OEX and DJIA) continue to show positive momentum with rising Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO) readings, I noticed the Nasdaq 100 intermediate-term indicators including the PMO reveal weakness.
In the chart below note that the PMO has topped and both...
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Adding DecisionPoint.com's Chart Collections to Your StockCharts Account
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
I am thrilled to announce that StockCharts members - including all DecisionPoint.com members - can now install two new DecisionPoint ChartPacks for free! We've just released our popular "Straight Shots" charts and our Rydex Asset Analysis charts as installable ChartPacks for your StockCharts account.
But...
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Bullish Sentiment Continues To Increase - DP Gallery Sentiment Review
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
In my ChartWatchers article last weekend, I reviewed the sentiment charts in the DP Gallery. I thought it would be interesting to see what's happened since then. Bullish sentiment continues to rise.
Investor's Intelligence surveys over a hundred independent market newsletters and assesses each author'...
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Price Momentum Shifts - Creating A Watch List Using the PMO
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
The DecisionPoint.com merge with StockCharts.com brought a new indicator, the Price Momentum Oscillator (PMO). The PMO is highly versatile and quite good at identifying momentum shifts early. To read more about the PMO, click here for the ChartSchool article.
One of the ways I like to use the...
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Help! Here's How To Find It On StockCharts!
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Let's face it,whether you're new to the StockCharts.com website or you've been with us for years, one day you will likely need some help. I know I need help regularly and I've learned (as most of you) that you should...
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Amp Up Your Analysis With Overlays and Annotations
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
The ability to add numerous overlays and annotations has added a new dimension to my charting. It wasn't possible to annotate charts from the DecisionPoint.com website without first putting them in another software program and then using the annotation tools there. After annotating, I'd have...
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A Walk Through the New DecisionPoint Gallery
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
The new DecisionPoint Gallery on StockCharts.com offers you the ability to quickly assess market trends and conditions. I look at the Gallery every afternoon after the indicators have updated. DecisionPoint.com subscribers should recognize the charts on Gallery page as the same ones that are reviewed daily in the...
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Creating a DecisionPoint ChartStyle
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
For many of us who have migrated to the Stockcharts.com SharpCharts workbench, there is a major difference between the SharpCharts "default" chart style and the DecisionPoint.com ChartTool style. One of the first things I did when I opened my Stockcharts.com account was set-up my own...
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What's Where on StockCharts.com? A Quick Tour of the Site
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Users from DecisionPoint.com or anyone new to Stockcharts.com may intially have trouble finding what they are looking for. So here is a quick tour to help you get around.
First is the "Your Account" page where you can accomplish most anything regarding your paid subscription. This...
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Taking Your Charts To A New Level - SharpCharts vs. The DP ChartTool
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
OK DecisionPoint users, are you ready for the power that is SharpCharts? I think you are! In the past, I was often asked by DecisionPoint subscribers, "Can I save my charts to a list?" and "How do I annotate my charts?", etc. I used to have...
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Accessing DecisionPoint Indicators Now
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Since the news of the DecisionPoint.com/StockCharts.com merger, a common question coming into our Support area is, "How do I access DecisionPoint indicators?". In addition, DecisionPoint subscribers want to know how to recreate their favorite DecisionPoint indicators on the SharpCharts workbench.
Let's look at...
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The Road to DecisionPoint on StockCharts.com
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Hello again everyone!
Since the announcement of the DecisionPoint/StockCharts merger, I have had numerous questions and concerns from DP members about when and how DP features and charts will be transitioned to the StockCharts.com platform.
First and foremost, please remember that DP features will be added to StockCharts...
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Welcome to DecisionPoint on StockCharts!
by Erin Swenlin,
Vice President, DecisionPoint.com
Hello!
There is very exciting news today - our website, DecisionPoint.com, is merging with Stockcharts.com! As part of that merger, I'm starting this new blog to help both DecisionPoint members and StockCharts members learn about how to use DecisionPoint features together with StockCharts features and get...
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